Proverbs 19:18
Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
In Context
17A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:24He that withholdeth his rod, hateth his son,—but, he that loveth him, carefully correcteth him.
Proverbs 23:13Do not withhold, from a child, correction, When thou smitest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Proverbs 29:15A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to his mother.
Hebrews 12:7For the sake of discipline, persevere! As towards sons, God, beareth himself, towards you; for who is a son whom a father doth not discipline?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:18
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Here is, I. The duty of charity described. It includes two things:—1. Compassion, which is the inward principle of charity in the heart; it is to have pity on the poor. Those that have not a penny for the poor, yet may have pity for them, a charitable concern and sympathy; and, if a man give all his goods to feed the poor and have not this charity in his heart, it is nothing, 1 Cor. xiii. 3 . We must draw… Read the whole commentary →